Combination wagon and gocart



W. W. LINCOLN.

COMBINATION WAGON AND GOCART. APPLICATION FILED MAY26, I919.

1 ,10 6,897, Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

[Iii/IIII/II/II/II/l/Ilf UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARD W. LINCOLN, OF ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION WAGON AND GOCART.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARD IV. LINCO N, a citizen of the United States,residing at .tock Falls, in the county of lVhiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Wagons and Goca-rts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has reference to a combination wagon and go-cart, andembodies a novel feature whereby the wagon can be quickly converted intoa go-cart, and the reverse. It is specially adapted for childrens carts,and is simple and easily operated.

I11 the drawings: Fig.1 is a longitudinal section of a wagon embodyingmy invention, with a portion of the tongue broken away.

,Fig. 2 is a similar View, somewhat reduced in size, when in use as ago-cart.

1 represents the body of the wagon, mounted on carrying-wheels 2, andprovided with a tongue 3, between which and the forward end of the wagonis a cross-piece 4. The forward end of the wagon is normally closed bymeans of an end-gate 5, swingingly supported by plates 6 at the endsthereof, pivoted to the inner faces of the body 1, as at a. Theside-pieces of the body 1 project a little distance beyond the bottomthereof, and the gate 5 is extended downwardly into the opening thusformed, and adjacent to the front face of the cross-piece l.

The manner of mounting the end-gate 5 permits it to be swung upwardlyand rearwardly until it is supported on the wagon bottom, intermediatethe ends thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. This operation opens the forwardend of the wagon, permitting the front part thereof to be used as aseat, the member 5 forming a back therefor. In this position the partwhich projected downwardly in the former use of said member, now extendsupwardly above the wagonbody, giving a desired height to the back. Byreason of the peculiar shape of the pivotplates 6, and the attachmentthereof at a point above the center line of the wagon, the end-gate 5 isheld in a Vertical posltion at the front end of the wagon, and in aninclined position when in use as a back, as will appear from thedrawings.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented F b 14 1922 Application filedMay 26,

1919. Serial No. 299,680.

Thetongue 3 is provided on its lowei' side with a loop 7, by means ofwhich the wagon may be held in a level position, against the tendency ofthe same to tip forwardly. The front bar of said loop has fixed theretofoot-rest 8, which can be used in connection with the seat in the frontpart of the wagon.

It will be obvious that the arrangement above set forth for the frontend of the wagon, can be duplicated at the rear end thereof, so as tomake the same accommodate two passengers, sitting back to back.

hat I claim and desire to secure, is:

1. device of the class described, comprising a suitably mountedwagon-body, open at one of its ends; and an end-gate adapted to closethe open end of said body, and extending downwardly beyond the bottomthereof, and capable of being swung from said position to a pointintermediate said body, to form a back for a seat established thereby inconjunction with the opened end of said wagon.

2. A- device of the class described, comprising a suitably mountedwagon-body, open at its front end; a swingingly supported member adaptedto interchangeably form a closure for the open end of said body or asupport intermediate the ends thereof, forming a seat with the open endof said wagon; a tongue attached to said wagon; and a foot-restsupported by said tongue, for use when said wagon-body is employed as aseat.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a suitably mountedwag0n-body,

open at one vof its ends; a pair of plates pivotally connected with saidbody; a member secured to the movable ends of said plates, so as to forma closure for the open end of said body or a support intermediate theends thereof, the arrangement of said plates being such that saidmemberwill be held in a vertical position at the end of said body, andin an inclined position when forming a support "therein.

In testimony whereof I a-flix my signature.

WARD W. LINCOLN.

